Improvement in grain-cars



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STEPHEN W. WOOD, OE oOENWALL, NEW vonk.

IMPROVEMENT IN -GRAIN-CARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 134,181, dated December 24, 1872.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN W. WOOD, of Cornwall, in the county of Orangev and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Convertible Gfrain and Freight Gar; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making part of this specification- Figure l being a longitudinal vertical section ofthe body of a car constructed with my improvement; Fig. 4, a transverse vertical section of the car-body, shown in Fig. l.

Like letters designate corresponding parts in all ofthe figures.

The nature of my invention consists in a car provided with a movable or removable floor, combined with a hopper or hoppers beneath the bottom of the car, substantially as herein set forth.

-Let A represent the body of the car. In

against the sides of the car, as shown, when arranged or adjusted for carrying grain; or the sections B B B composing the floor may be made simply removable and not hinged. Beneath these sections of the floor one or more hoppers, C O C, are arranged or secured in a manner substantially as shown, through which, as spouts, all of the grain in the car. can be drawn out Without handling. When the car is to be used for ordinary freight purposes the floor-sections B B B are placed in a horizontal position upon the floor-joist b b so as to form a close bottom.

` What I claim as my invention, and desire herein set forth.

STEPHEN W. WOOD.

Witnesses:

EDM. F. BROWN, J. S. BROWN. 

